| 7 Oct 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the current SQA appeals system does not fairly consider the efforts put in by learners throughout the year and calls for the SQA to adopt an appeals system similar to that of 2022 to allow classwork and tests to be considered in the appeal system. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 91% | - | | 7 Oct 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes the Scottish Government should ensure businesses increase the transparency and accessibility of information about their sustainability practices, including in relation to international supply and waste chains, to help consumers make informed choices. | Statement | UK, Europe and External Relations | 72% | - | | 7 Oct 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament recognises that young people in the creative and cultural sector are not receiving workers rights or a set rate of pay, and calls on employers and the Scottish Government to provide stability for young people in this sector. | Statement | Culture and Media | 94% | - | | 7 Oct 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believe that action is necessary to prevent sexual harassment from occurring in the workplace and calls on decision-makers and employers to review their policies and provide substantial support to young people affected. | Statement | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 99 | - | | 8 Aug 2023 | More must be done to prevent greenwashing, including sharing publicly (in an accessible way) the information on what businesses store and dispose of. | Recommendation | - | - | Recommendation from the Net Zero, Transport, and Energy Committee’s Call for Views on the Circular Economy Bill.
| | 8 Aug 2023 | Restrictions on the disposal of unsold consumer goods should be introduced to encourage more circular business models and to promote the value of environmental and social impacts alongside economic growth. | Recommendation | - | - | Recommendation from the Net Zero, Transport, and Energy Committee’s Call for Views on the Circular Economy Bill.
| | 8 Aug 2023 | Punishment to change household recycling behaviour should be the last measure, as households might be charged unfairly due to inaccessible and underfunded waste facilities, people outside of the household using bins, and not enough awareness being raised about correct waste disposal. | Recommendation | - | - | - | | 8 Aug 2023 | Alongside potential additional charges on single-use items that could burden lower-income households, the Scottish Government should also do more to make alternative sustainable options more affordable and high-quality as well as encourage the culture in Scotland to change from a throw-away society. | Recommendation | - | - | - | | 8 Aug 2023 | The Circular Economy Bill should not focus on penalising consumers, instead it should concentrate on ensuring businesses and producers are responsible for their waste and have sustainable products and services. | Recommendation | - | - | - | | 13 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the UK government’s illegal migrant bill is a direct violation of young people’s human rights and calls for the UK Government to withdraw the Bill and uphold its commitments to protect and care for unaccompanied or separated asylum-seeking children | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations | - | Rapid Policy Proposal by Imaan Hussain MSYP, 13th July 2023
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to specifically reference spiking as a criminal offence in legislation and for decision-makers to do more to support those affected. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing; Justice | 98% | Individual motion by Mollie McGoran MSYP, Inverness and Nairn.
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament recognises many girls and women feel unsafe in public spaces and calls on decision-makers and communities to raise awareness and work together to eliminate gender-based violence in public areas. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 93% | Individual motion by Caitlin Lowry MSYP, Girlguiding Scotland.
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to ensure guidance teachers in Scotland receive Young Carer training to help identify and support young carers in secondary schools. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 96% | Joint motion by Max Green MSYP, Carers Trust, and Zaid Sheikh MSYP, Glasgow Pollok.
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on Transport Scotland to extend the Scottish Government's concessionary travel discount for young people, facilitated through the Young Scot National Entitlement Card, to include inter-island ferry travel. | Statement | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 90% | Joint motion by John Fraser MSYP, Shetland Islands, and Michaela Christie MSYP, Shetland Islands.
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament recognises the environmental impacts of single-use disposable vapes and calls upon the Scottish Government to ban these devices; further calls upon the Scottish Government to take interim actions to mitigate these impacts while working towards a ban and to meaningfully engage with young people throughout this process. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 84% | Joint motion by Emma Prach MSYP, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, and Marcus Flucker MSYP, Angus South.
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament recognises the significant impact that naloxone has had in reducing overdose deaths in Scotland; recognises and commends Police Scotland's roll-out of Naloxone training and kit to front-line staff and believes that training on the usage of naloxone should be expanded to anyone who wishes to carry it to help combat the opioid overdose crisis occurring in Scotland.’ | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 95% | Joint motion by Logan Gilmour MSYP, Cunninghame North, and Ryan Macintyre MSYP, Argyll and Bute.
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all public access buildings that claim to be accessible should have accurate and public accessibility information to promote inclusivity and equal opportunities for people with disabilities. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Individual motion by Shafa Waqas MSYP, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth.
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that there should be more support for people who suffer from endometriosis, such as; access to pain management, mental health support and menstrual wellbeing education that encompasses this. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 94% | Joint Motion by Emma Prach MSYP, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Madiha Choudhury MSYP, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Olivia Brown MSYP, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, and Sam Webster MSYP, Edinburgh Eastern.
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament is concerned that much more work needs to be done to uphold the new sibling rights in the Children (Scotland) Act 2020, and calls on dutybearers to take immediate action to ensure full awareness and application of these rights, and to put robust accountability measures in place. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 93% | Individual motion by Charles Fernando MSYP, Who Cares? Scotland.
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all religious groups should be able to celebrate holidays that are important to their religion and culture; and calls upon the Scottish Government, schools, and employers to make appropriate adjustments to allow all religious groups to celebrate important religious and cultural holidays without facing backlash or disadvantage. | Statement | Culture and Media | 77% | Joint motion by Fatima Bari MSYP, FOSIS, Imaan Hussain MSYP, Dundee East, and Omar Taher MSYP, Renfrewshire North.
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that decision-makers should adopt an intersectional feminist approach to town planning, to improve accessibility and safety measures for people that experience gender discrimination. | Statement | Justice; Social Security | 81% | Joint motion by Ellie Craig MSYP, Glasgow and Cathcart, and Mollie McGoran MSYP, Inverness and Nairn.
| | 3 Jul 2023 | The Scottish Youth Parliament acknowledges the abuse young people can experience in the retail and hospitality sectors and calls for further action by Police Scotland and employers to ensure young people are confident that they are safe whilst they are at work. | Statement | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Justice | 94% | Individual motion by Jack Anderson MSYP, Dundee East.
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament recognises the cost of living crisis has created significant difficulty and hardship for young people and believes they should be supported in reducing the negative impacts of the crisis. | Statement | UK, Europe and External Relations; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 99% | Members’ Motion by Abid Zaman MSYP
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to make free rail travel available to all under-22s in Scotland. | Statement | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 76% | Members’ Motion by Hugh Mulvihill MSYP
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that by improving education about neurodiversity received by adults who work with young people, there can be improved diagnoses and understanding of the differences among neurodiverse young people. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 98% | Joint Members’ Motion by Imaan Hussain MSYP and Abbie Wright MSYP
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament acknowledges the adverse effects that grief and loss can have on young people and believes that all young people suffering from bereavement should be offered support and resources based on their individual needs. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 99% | Members’ Motion by Ellie Craig MSYP
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament recognises the potential benefits that would come from workplaces adopting a four-day workweek with no loss of pay and believes that all workplaces, where possible, should seek to implement this. | Statement | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 52% | Joint Members’ Motion by Stewart Rooney MSYP and Jax Tennyson MSYP
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that, in order to tackle the problem of late diagnosis among young cancer patients, yearly cancer screenings should be offered to young people and should be offered alongside national action to educate young people on the symptoms of cancer. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 98% | Joint Members’ Motion by Beau Johnston MSYP, Rachel Campbell MSYP, and Mya Saunders MSYP
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all public transport stops in Scotland should be equipped with 24/7 CCTV footage and increased lighting. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 74% | Members’ Motion by Ross Mennie MSYP
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that everyone should have the right to easily access a variety of free contraception, and that this should be supported by education in schools on how to use them safely as well as their benefits and side effects. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Joint Members’ Motion by Olivia Brown MSYP and Emma Prach MSYP
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament supports Unite’s “Get ME Home Safely” campaign and believes that local authorities should use their powers to allow licensing boards to include additional criteria when considering late opening applications from licensed premises dependent on venues providing free transport home for night shift employees. | Statement | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 96% | Joint Members’ Motion by Marcus Flucker MSYP and Hollie McIntosh MSYP
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the Scottish Government should work with Scottish universities to ensure that purpose-built student accommodation is properly maintained and held to a high standard. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Social Security | 94% | Members’ Motion by Daniel Cameron MSYP
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls for the creation of a food voucher scheme which would provide young people whose right to food is not being upheld at home the independent ability to access a wide range of food choices at all times. | Statement | Social Security | 95% | Committee Motion by the Social Security Committee
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament welcomes the Scottish Government’s commitment to provide free tuition at Scottish universities to displaced Ukrainian students and calls for this support to be extended to all displaced young people residing in Scotland, regardless of their country of origin. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; UK, Europe and External Relations | 86% | Committee Motion by the External Affairs, UK and International Relations Committee
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that decision makers should take further steps to ensure students who do not speak English as their primary language have their right to education upheld through ensuring there are quality ‘English for Speakers of Another Language’ (ESOL) classes made available in every school and college across Scotland, as well as increased training for educators to help them better include these students. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights | 94% | Committee Motion by the Equalities and Human Rights Committee
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that, in order to ensure the future of young people everywhere, decision makers should take more action to protect Scotland’s natural environment and biodiversity. | Statement | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 96% | Committee Motion by the Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee
| | 1 Oct 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that sport should be accessible to all and calls on the Scottish Government and local authorities to minimise the barriers, including transport, that prevents the participation of young people in Scotland’s rural areas. | Statement | Sport and Leisure; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 93% | Committee Motion by the Sports and Leisure Committee
| | 2 Jul 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament welcomes the Scottish Governments commitment to ban the promotion and practice of conversion therapy within LGBT+ communities and calls for this to be achieved as soon as possible. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Justice | 94% | Joint Members’ Motion by Beinn Grant MSYP and Maks Inkster MSYP
| | 2 Jul 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes all young people should have mandatory training within schools on how to approach issues of substance misuse, including general drug safety and how to respond if you witness a drug overdose. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Joint Members’ Motion by Paige Holland MSYP and Mark Chan MSYP
| | 2 Jul 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament acknowledges the challenges around support and communication during the transition between Children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to adult mental health services, recognises the work done to improve this through the Transition Care Plans initiative, and calls for a further review of the support provided to young people undergoing this transition to ensure their wellbeing. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing; Social Security | 95% | Members’ Motion by Fatima Ishaq MSYP
| | 2 Jul 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all educational establishments should introduce dedicated ‘study spaces’ to help young people from disadvantaged and rural backgrounds access a range of support in well-equipped, quiet and enclosed spaces. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 80% | Members’ Motion by Ryan Macintyre MSYP
| | 2 Jul 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that, in line with the Promise, there should be dedicated mental health services for Care Experienced people where every young person in care is proactively offered mental health support that is tailored to individuals and does not have automatic end dates, allowing ongoing support into adulthood as required. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Joint Members’ Motion by Oisín King MSYP and Charles Fernando MSYP
| | 2 Jul 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls upon schools across Scotland to uphold the right to sanitation by ensuring that pupils have access to high quality and inclusive toilet facilities whenever they are within school buildings. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 90% | Members’ Motion by Alyssa Evans MSYP
| | 2 Jul 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that Holocaust education should be mandatory in all Scottish secondary schools. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations | 68% | Members’ Motion by Daisy Stewart Henderson MSYP
| | 2 Jul 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that asylum seekers should be entitled to the education maintenance allowance (EMA). | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations; Social Security | 88% | Members’ Motion by Zainab Adeleye MSYP
| | 2 Jul 2022 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to act on their commitment to reform the private rented sector and introduce a system of rent controls as soon as possible; believes that the system of rent controls should be point-based and dependent on a properties quality rather than market-value; and that improved access to justice should also be included in reforms to better protect and improve the rights of tenants in Scotland. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Social Security | 85% | Members’ Motion by Gavin Stewart MSYP
| | 5 Nov 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament supports a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine crisis and calls on the UK Government to recognise Palestine as a state, alongside the state of Israel, based on the 1967 borders. We also call for the UK Government to further stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine by challenging breaches of international law they are subjected to and offering aid, and ask that the Scottish Government use their powers to support us in this stance. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations | 59% | Members’ Motion by Salmaan Ismail MSYP
| | 5 Nov 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to provide additional funding to increase the supply of qualified British Sign Language (BSL) teachers and tutors, ensuring that schools across Scotland can provide the language as a subject option for all students. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights | 93% | Members’ Motion by Scott Macmillan MSYP
| | 5 Nov 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament recognises the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) Committee’s stance on recruiting 16 and 17 year olds the military and echo’s their calls on the UK Government to raise the minimum age of recruitment for the military to 18, and in the meantime, review their recruitment practices aimed at young people | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations | 61% | Members’ Motion by Ryan Kelly MSYP
| | 5 Nov 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that quality of life should be improved for young people across Scotland through rural job creation and promotion in rural areas, and more employment based education opportunities in rural communities. | Statement | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 90% | Members’ Motion by Mollie McGorran
| | 5 Nov 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament is concerned that the UK may be complicit in human rights abuses through its sale of arms and therefore calls on the UK Government to ban the sale and supply of arms in cases where there is a risk that they may be used to further oppression. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations | 88% | Members’ Motion by Sandy Bond MSYP and Salmaan Ismail MSYP
| | 5 Nov 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament condemns the use of unannounced raids on immigrants in Scotland, especially dawn raids; opposes the Home Office’s continued use of these practices; and expresses support for groups such as the No Evictions Network for raising awareness of these practices and their efforts in mobilising resistance against them. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations; Justice | 88% | Members’ Motion by Gavin Stewart MSYP and Ryan Kelly MSYP
| | 5 Nov 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament welcomes the Scottish Government’s 2021-26 manifesto commitment to fund resources for services that support men who are victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse, as well as creating a national strategy to tackle these issues; and calls for this funding to be provided as a matter of urgency and for young people to be meaningfully consulted in the development of this strategy. | Statement | Justice | - | Members’ Motion by Robbie Burgess MSYP
| | 5 Nov 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that there should be greater legislative restrictions placed on the data collected by social media platforms in order to create a safer online environment, limit the risk of social media addiction and reduce the spread of misinformation and conspiracies. | Statement | Culture and Media; Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Members’ Motion by Emily Nix MSYP
| | 5 Nov 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls upon legislators to require banks operating in the UK to publish annual reports setting out their investment into fossil fuels, and outlining their future sustainability strategies, in order to increase environmental transparency among banks, tackle ‘greenwashing’ and properly inform consumers of their bank’s climate impact.’ | Statement | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | Members’ Motion by Gavin Stewart MSYP
| | 1 Sep 2021 | We have heard through all of our consultation activities that many young people are worried about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their futures.6 While we recognise the longterm impacts may not yet be apparent, we feel it is important that this is not forgotten throughout the duration of the inquiry. | Recommendation | - | - | Scottish Youth Parliament response to the Scottish Government’s call for feedback on the draft aims and principles for the establishment of Scotland’s Covid-19 Inquiry
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes the right to participate in peaceful assembly and protest is a fundamental human right, and therefore calls on the Scottish and UK Governments to ensure citizens are able to exercise this right freely, without risk of harm from violent police intervention. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations; Justice | 94% | Members’ Motion by Emily Harle MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that stationing patrols of plainclothes police officers in bars and clubs at night will not prevent instances of sexual violence and is detrimental for women’s safety; and therefore calls on the Scottish and UK Governments to ensure Scotland’s nightlife remains safe and free from undercover police. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations; Justice | 69% | Members’ Motion by Emily Harle MSYP and C-Jay Quigley MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes the COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on the wellbeing of sexual assault survivors and calls on the Scottish Government to adopt a more continuous, person-centred approach to support. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Members’ Motion by Hannah Birse MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the UK and Scottish Governments to stand with the Uyghur peoples of China, by taking an active stance against the mass targeted surveillance and genocide to which they have been subjected. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations | 90% | Members’ Motion by Salmaan Ismail MSYP, Kayla Gardner MSYP, and Ryan Kelly MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that ferry fares should be reduced to encourage tourism and economic growth as the Scottish islands recover from COVID-19. | Statement | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Sport and Leisure; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 80% | Members’ Motion by Aaran McDonald MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the use of mosquito devices represents a clear violation of young people's rights, and therefore calls for a legislative ban on their sale and use. | Statement | UK, Europe and External Relations; Justice | 80% | Members’ Motion by Ryan Kelly MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament supports the annual ‘16 Days of Action to End Violence Against Women’ campaign, and echoes their call for the elimination of all forms of gender-based violence against women. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 94% | Members’ Motion by Isla Douglas MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that schools, colleges and universities should make information and resources related to sexual health more readily available. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 92% | Members’ Motion by Aimee Purdie MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that there should be legislative change to ensure that victims of revenge porn do not lose their jobs as a result of their private, sexually explicit content being shared without their consent. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Justice | 90% | Members’ Motion by C-Jay Quigley MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that Changing Places toilets should be installed in all prominent buildings and facilities to which the public have access, thereby affording all disabled people the same accessibility to public toilets as those who are able bodied. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Sport and Leisure | 98% | Members’ Motion by Isabel Headon MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a particularly adverse impact on Black, Asian and minority ethnic young people's employment, exacerbating existing inequalities; and therefore calls on decision-makers and employers to work proactively in eliminating the additional barriers they face. | Statement | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 94% | Members’ Motion by Imaan Hussain MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that schools should encourage the use of emotional literacy resources, provided as part of the curriculum of excellence, within their own curriculum. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 86% | Members’ Motion by Finn Dixon MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all people who menstruate should be offered an optional period of paid menstrual leave from their workplace in order to reduce the stigma of periods and accommodate for those living with menstrual health conditions. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 74% | Members’ Motion by Erin Campbell MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the UK government and the EU to come to an agreement which gives assistance dog owners the same freedoms they enjoyed under the Pet Passport Scheme. | Statement | UK, Europe and External Relations; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 98% | Members’ Motion by Eilidh Morrison MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament is concerned by the predatory and exploitative nature of multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes and thus calls for them to be banned by the UK Government. | Statement | UK, Europe and External Relations; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 74% | Members’ Motion by Jack Bell MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that student carers should receive more financial support and calls for the introduction of a new bursary which should be made available to all student carers, regardless of their income. | Statement | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Social Security | 90% | Members’ Motion by Ilse Cuthbertson MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all young carers aged 12-25 should have access to more, high quality respite opportunities. | Statement | Sport and Leisure | 90% | Members’ Motion by Aaran McDonald MSYP and Ilse Cuthbertson MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament commends the work of the Liverpool Junior and Young Lord Mayors programme, and calls for the creation of a similar scheme within Scotland’s local councils. | Statement | Justice | 67% | Members’ Motion by Robbie Burgess MSYP
| | 5 Jul 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls upon the Scottish Government and other key decision makers to further increase funding for legal aid in Scotland. | Statement | Justice | 92% | Members’ Motion by Evan McLaughlin MSYP and Jack Bell MSYP
| | 21 May 2021 and also on: 21.3.20 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to decriminalise abortion, to ensure that provision is regulated in line with all other healthcare and to improve access to free and safe abortion services for all in Scotland.’ | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Justice | 86% | Members’ Motion by Erin Campbell, MSYP and Emily Harle, MSYP
Renewed by Convernors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 21 May 2021 and also on: 21.3.20 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that efficient careers advice services are vital to ensuring young people are well informed about their options, and should cater for all accessibility requirements.’ | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Social Security | 94% | Members’ Motion by Maya Tams – Gray, MSYP
Renewed by Convernors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on all universities and colleges to operate strict security policies and increased visibility around campuses at night to ensure students are better protected from sexual violence. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Justice | 91% | Members’ Motion by Emily Harle MSYP
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that UK and international higher education students should receive a discount or refund on their tuition fees to account for the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the quality and experience of learning; and calls on the Scottish Government to work with the higher education sector to find and implement financial solutions to this. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 72% | Members’ Motion by Donald McLean MSYP
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, high quality youth work should be provided for free and made accessible in every local area. | Statement | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 95% | Members’ Motion by Brooke Barr MSYP
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all educational institutions should accommodate for the religious dietary requirements of their staff and students. | Statement | Culture and Media; Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 91% | Members’ Motion by Fatima Bari MSYP and Azkah Sardar MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament call for an urgent review to be undertaken regarding current guidance on provisions for 16-18 year olds to be accompanied by a parent or guardian during A&E visits and receive visitations during longer hospital stays during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 86% | Members’ Motion by Charlotte Boyle MSYP
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on decision makers to learn from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by investing in and improving outdoor learning, whilst also recognising the benefits of outdoor learning for the mental and physical well-being of young people. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing; Sport and Leisure | 95% | Members’ Motion by Ellie Craig MSYP
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that memorials, including graves, situated in public places should be monitored (e.g. by CCTV) in order to combat crimes, such as vandalism and theft. | Statement | Culture and Media; Justice | 75% | Members’ Motion by Ellie Craig MSYP
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament supports Young Carer Action Day and welcomes its call on the Scottish Government to commit to protecting young carers’ futures by urgently developing a new cross-cutting National Action Plan for children and young people with caring responsibilities. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 100% | Members’ Motion by Ilse Cuthbertson MSYP and Abbie Christie MSYP
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the Scottish Government has a responsibility to do more to encourage reading for pleasure, especially amongst young people, and calls on them to take action on this issue. | Statement | Culture and Media; Education and Lifelong Learning | 82% | Members’ Motion by Rhys Pearce MSYP
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that, once deemed safe to do so in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, carers centres should reopen as a priority to ensure that young carers and young adult carers gain access to the invaluable support that they provide. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing; Sport and Leisure | 96% | Members’ Motion by Ilse Cuthbertson MSYP
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament has significant concerns about the employment gap for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people living in Scotland, in particular those who belong to multiple minority groups, and calls on the Scottish Government and other employers to review and update recruitment practices and human resources guidelines to encourage career retention and progression for these individuals. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 98% | Committee Motion by The Jobs, Economy & Fair Work and the Equalities & Human Rights Committees.
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament is concerned by the rise in religiously motivated discrimination and violence in Scotland, and calls on the Scottish Government and other authorities to review the curriculum to ensure that young people are able to identify all forms of religious discrimination and their own cultural biases, and to raise awareness of organisations which exist to support young people in religious minorities. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 95% | Committee Motion by The Equalities and Human Rights Committee
| | 6 Apr 2021 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to implement the 'Barnahus' model of supporting all children and young people through the justice system, giving them a person-centred environment in which to give evidence, and receive medical examinations, counselling and therapy. | Statement | Justice | 88% | Committee Motion by The Justice Committee
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Colleges, universities, and employers should amend their admissions and recruitment policies to ensure young people whose grades and/or work experience were affected by the COVID-19 crisis are not penalised. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 84% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The Scottish Government should encourage and provide funding to local councils to work with young people with disabilities to design and maintain more accessible parks. | Manifesto | Sport and Leisure | 87% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Funding for sports and leisure facilities and programmes should be protected from budget cuts and supported through a dedicated COVID-19 recovery fund to ensure all young people can continue to participate in activities, regardless of where they live or their household's income. | Manifesto | Sport and Leisure | 80% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | More sports centres, cultural and arts facilities should have reduced entry fees or discounts for young people with a Young Scot card. | Manifesto | Sport and Leisure | 86% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | In order to protect young offenders and young people who have a family member in prison, newspapers and other media outlets should be prevented from publishing the address of a person who has been sentenced in Court. | Manifesto | Justice | 86% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Young offenders up to the age of 18-years-old should not be imprisoned, and rehabilitative alternatives[1] to detention should be put into practice. | Manifesto | Justice | 56% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Children and young people’s rights should be at the forefront of decisions made during the COVID-19 crisis and recovery process. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 69% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Every young person in Scotland should have access to fast and reliable internet and devices to access the digital world, regardless of their geographical location or financial standing. | Manifesto | Culture and Media; Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 83% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Policies and initiatives should be created to ensure that young people have good employment prospects throughout the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, such as youth employment schemes, work experience initiatives, and skills development programmes. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Social Security | 84% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The Scottish Government should work to lower the educational attainment gap and ensure that young people’s academic achievements aren’t negatively impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 85% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Public bodies (such as the NHS, the SQA, and Police Scotland) should work with young people to ensure that information is made available in a youth-friendly and accessible manner. They should also ensure that young people's views are taken into account when making decisions that affect them. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 87% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Children and young people’s rights including workplace rights, EU citizens rights, the right to health, and the right to work and study abroad, should be upheld and strengthened throughout the Brexit negotiations. | Manifesto | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations | 81% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Local youth work should be invested in by national and local government and protected by law from budget cuts. | Manifesto | Culture and Media | 75% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Refugee and asylum-seeking children should have a right to join their families in the UK. | Manifesto | UK, Europe and External Relations | 86% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Funding for the arts, culture, and media sectors should be protected as Scotland recovers from the COVID-19 crisis. | Manifesto | Culture and Media | 73% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament should receive additional funding to ensure they can reach more young people across Scotland. | Manifesto | Culture and Media | 72% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The UK Government must set a worldwide example by keeping its promise to end the detention of migrants under the age of 18. | Manifesto | UK, Europe and External Relations | 69% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Every Scottish resident aged 16 and over should have the right to vote in all Scottish elections, including refugees, asylum-seekers, and immigrants. | Manifesto | UK, Europe and External Relations | 75% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The Scottish Government should allow non-binary gender identities to be recognised by law. | Manifesto | Equalities and Human Rights | 63% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Hate crime law should be improved to ensure all groups at risk are equally and consistently protected. | Manifesto | Equalities and Human Rights | 82% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The global climate emergency is an issue of climate justice, where those who contribute least to greenhouse gas emissions are most impacted. Countries most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions must: compensate loss and damage incurred in less developed countries as a result of climate change by contributing finances to a global fund, supporting research, and working on international cooperation. | Manifesto | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 70% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Transport Scotland and the Scottish Government should provide funding to support initiatives which make it easier, cheaper, and safer for young people to use active and sustainable travel options. | Manifesto | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 89% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | To increase productivity, wellbeing, and attendance, the school day should start no earlier than 10am for all secondary school pupils in Scotland. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning | 59% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The UK Government should take action to ban or reform zero-hour contracts. | Manifesto | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 59% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Children and young people from seldom heard groups (such as immigrants and refugees, gypsy traveller communities, single parents, disabled people, Armed Forces, care experienced, and justice experienced) must be listened to by policymakers on issues that affect them. | Manifesto | Equalities and Human Rights | 80% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | An individual should be permitted to change their legal gender from the age of 16, through a simple process of self-declaration | Manifesto | Equalities and Human Rights | 62% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The United Nations Convention on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) should be fully brought into Scots law to protect the rights of disabled children and young people, ensure access to independent living, support those with invisible disabilities and reduce stigma. | Manifesto | Equalities and Human Rights | 83% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | All citizens should be provided with a guaranteed minimum of income support to ensure that no individual faces financial hardship. | Manifesto | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 76% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Every child or young person with a disability or long term health condition should have the right to a Transitions Plan to help with their move from child to adult services. | Manifesto | Health and Wellbeing | 89% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The NHS should be protected from privatisation, remaining free at the point of use. | Manifesto | Health and Wellbeing | 84% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Employers should increase efforts to close the gender pay gap by having flexible working policies. | Manifesto | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 84% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Young people should be able to contribute to the development of the school curriculum and school budgetary decisions. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning | 76% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | There should be a dedicated fund for initiatives to educate, prevent, and address LGBT bullying and discrimination in all schools. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning | 74% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | There should be more investment in college and university welfare services, such as mental health support, pastoral care, advice services, and housing support. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning | 86% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The Scottish Government and Councils should invest in more support for and awareness of learners with Additional Support Needs. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning | 85% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | There should be mandatory training for those working in education and health care settings on how to identify mental health problems and provide support for all young people, especially those most at risk. | Manifesto | Health and Wellbeing | 89% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Employers should increase efforts to close the gender pay gap by ensuring equal pay for equal work. | Manifesto | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 91% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Drug misuse should be treated as a public health issue and should be tackled by decriminalising the possession of illegal drugs, such as through the provision of safe injection rooms | Manifesto | Health and Wellbeing | 52% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Drug misuse should be treated as a public health issue and should be tackled by investing more in support services for those affected by drug misuse. | Manifesto | Health and Wellbeing | 83% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Employers should increase efforts to close the gender pay gap by carrying out investigations into equal pay. | Manifesto | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 85% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Employers should increase efforts to close the gender pay gap by improving equal opportunity policies. | Manifesto | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 87% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | State schools should be financially supported by decision-makers to reduce or eliminate the costs of attending work experience. | Manifesto | Social Security | 81% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The global climate emergency is an issue of climate justice, where those who contribute least to greenhouse gas emissions are most impacted. Countries most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions must share benefits of their increased wealth and development with those countries most impacted by climate change. | Manifesto | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 71% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The possibility of discounted or free transport should be explored for groups who struggle to access travel such as carers, Armed Forces young people, and those in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. | Manifesto | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 79% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | State schools should be financially supported by decision-makers to reduce or eliminate the costs of travel to and from school. | Manifesto | Social Security | 85% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | State schools should be financially supported by decision-makers to reduce or eliminate the costs of school trips. | Manifesto | Social Security | 69% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The global climate emergency is an issue of climate justice, where those who contribute least to greenhouse gas emissions are most impacted. Countries most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions must be the first to reduce their emissions. | Manifesto | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 75% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | State schools should be financially supported by decision-makers to reduce or eliminate the costs of stationery and jotters. | Manifesto | Social Security | 83% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | State schools should be financially supported by decision-makers to reduce or eliminate the costs of applications for university | Manifesto | Social Security | 84% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | State schools should be financially supported by decision-makers to reduce or eliminate the costs of extra-curricular activities | Manifesto | Social Security | 74% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The food and retail industry should make it possible for people to rely less on packaging that can only be used one. | Manifesto | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 86% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | State schools should be financially supported by decision-makers to reduce or eliminate the costs of uniforms. | Manifesto | Social Security | 80% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The food and retail industry should make it possible to recycle and reuse packaging. | Manifesto | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 94% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The food and retail industry should avoid using too much packaging in their products. | Manifesto | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 91% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The food and retail industry should make it possible for people to rely less on packaging made out of plastic. | Manifesto | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 89% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | Anyone experiencing homelessness should receive support and shelter, and therefore, the ‘Housing First’ policy should be introduced across Scotland. | Manifesto | Social Security | 88% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | The right to food should be upheld in Scotland by creating a fair, healthy, and sustainable food system that is accessible to everyone. | Manifesto | Social Security | 90% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Nov 2020 | State schools should be financially supported by decision-makers to reduce or eliminate the costs of school meals. | Manifesto | Social Security | 85% | Commitment from From Scotland’s Young People: SYP’s 2021-26 Manifesto
| | 26 Oct 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on ferry operators to introduce a discounted fare for people who use ferries as an essential method of transport.’ | Statement | Social Security; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 92% | Member’s Motion by Cameron Garret MSYP, Argyll and Bute.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | 'The Scottish Youth Parliament supports the aims of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement in becoming an anti-racist society, and strongly condemns interpersonal, institutional and structural racism.' | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 96% | Member’s Motion by Daniella Faakor Damptey MSYP, Angus South.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | 'The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that calorie labelling on menus could be extremely harmful to the mental and physical wellbeing of children and young people, especially for those with eating disorders, and urges the UK Government not to introduce it.' | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 74% | Member’s Motion by Maya Tams-Gray MSYP, Orkney Islands; Mollie McGoran MSYP, Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Beccie White MSYP, Edinburgh Pentlands; and Emily Nix MSYP, Cunninghame South.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | 'The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to reform the education curriculum to more accurately reflect the experiences of BAME individuals; and to ensure their historical influence on Scottish society and culture, as well as Scotland’s role in the slave trade and colonisation, is an integral part of the Scottish education system.' | Statement | Culture and Media; Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Justice | 92% | Member’s Motion by Victory Ekpekurede MSYP, East Kilbride, and Crisantos Ike MSYP, Rutherglen.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | 'The Scottish Youth Parliament is concerned that many NHS Boards are still failing to meet CAMHS waiting time targets, and believes a focus on achieving shorter waiting times must be a priority.' | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Member’s Motion by Charlotte Boyle MSYP, Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | 'The Scottish Youth Parliament calls for the removal of all statues, plaques, and street signs that commemorate those who were complicit in, and benefited from, the slave trade.' | Statement | Culture and Media; Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Justice | 51% | Member’s Motion by Daniella Faakor Damptey MSYP, Angus South, and Emily Harle MSYP, Glasgow Kelvin.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that, in order to tackle carbon emissions, Local Authorities and transport companies should invest in electric school buses in every area of Scotland.’ | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 89% | Member’s Motion by Ewan Dillion MSYP, Stirling
| | 26 Oct 2020 | 'The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that in order for young LGBT people to feel represented and included in the media, steps must be taken by local and national media to ensure that LGBT people and characters are not highly sexualised and are instead portrayed in a fairer and more accurate manner.' | Statement | Culture and Media; Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Justice | 89% | Member’s Motion by Erin Campbell MSYP, Midlothian North and Musselburgh; C-Jay Quigley MSYP, LGBT Youth Scotland; and Abbie Christie MSYP, Carers Trust Scotland.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | 'The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that outdoor learning and residential centres are an integral part of children and young people’s education and development, and are beneficial to mental health, wellbeing, and attainment. SYP calls on the Scottish Government to put in place additional funding to support outdoor education and activity centres to ensure that this vital work can continue.' | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Member’s Motion by Gregor Mitchell MSYP, Scouts Scotland; Morven Bayton MSYP, Scouts Scotland; Sophie Reid MSYP, Girlguiding Scotland; and Abbie Wright MSYP, Girlguiding Scotland.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that arts subjects are a valuable element of the Scottish high school curriculum and believes that access to them should not be restricted due to financial pressures.’
Agree 91%Disagree 2%Abstain 7% | Statement | Culture and Media; Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 91% | Member’s Motion by Fraser Brown MSYP, Dunfermline
| | 26 Oct 2020 | 'The Scottish Youth Parliament recognises that there is a Drug Death Crisis in Scotland, and calls for Scotland’s Drug Deaths Taskforce strategies to be implemented rapidly.' | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Member’s Motion by Aaran MacDonald MSYP, Cunninghame South.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | 'The Scottish Youth Parliament believes Young and Young Adult carers should have the opportunity to access individual, person-centred support during their in time in education, especially during times of assessment.' | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 96% | Member’s Motion by Aaran McDonald MSYP, Cunninghame North, and Ilse Cuthbertson MSYP, Carers Trust Scotland.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the promotion of dieting and weight-loss products and apps to children and young people can be damaging to their mental and physical wellbeing and should, therefore, be limited.' | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 87% | Member’s Motion by Maya Tams-Gray MSYP, Orkney Islands, and Thea Tjolle MSYP, Cowdenbeath.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that in order for Scotland to adhere to Article 12 of the UNCRC, all young offenders detained in a young offenders institute or prison who are old enough to vote should be given the right to vote in local council, Scottish Parliament and UK general elections.' | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Justice | 70% | Member’s Motion by Erin Campbell MSYP, Midlothian North and Musselburgh.
| | 26 Oct 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that, in order to promote community safety, there should be more high-quality street lighting in densely populated and/or dangerous areas, and that such lights should be white in order to combat light pollution.’ | Statement | Health and Wellbeing; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 92% | Member’s Motion by Jack Bell MSYP, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire.
| | 20 Oct 2020 | We believe both the proactive and reactive measures included within the Bill will make it significantly easier for children and young people to access their rights. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 20 Oct 2020 | We foresee potential barriers to equitable access to the rights set out in the Bill due to their intersectionality with other rights that are yet to be incorporated into Scots Law and the potential inequality in access to legal advice and counsel. We welcome the ongoing work of the National Taskforce for Human Rights Leadership to further improve rights in Scotland and echo Together’s calls on the Scottish Government to set out a clear process for children who want to access legal assistance and include this as a priority in the first Children’s Rights Scheme. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 20 Oct 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament welcomes the powers granted in the Bill to the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 20 Oct 2020 | Whilst we welcome the Bill’s provision to allow action to be taken against public authorities who do not act in ways that are compatible with the UNCRC, we believe that the inclusion of an additional ‘due regard’ duty would strengthen the Bill and further protect children’s rights. | Recommendation | Education and Lifelong Learning | - | Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 20 Oct 2020 | We believe that the interpretation of the UNCRC requirements (section 4) should go further and include a duty on the courts to have due regard to General Comments, Concluding Observations, opinions made in relation to Optional Protocol 3, reports resulting from Days of General Discussion, comparative law and court rulings, and decisions made under other international treaty regimes. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 20 Oct 2020 | We believe the Bill would be further enhanced by including clarity on the “sufficient interest” approach on the face of the Bill. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 20 Oct 2020 | We believe the Bill would be strengthened by removing the scope given to Ministers to publish CRWIAs in a manner they see as appropriate and inserting a requirement to publish them in a child friendly format instead. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 20 Oct 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that it is reasonable and practical for the Bill to commence by the end of 2021 and that a commencement date should be included within the Bill itself. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021.
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 20 Oct 2020 | We welcome the provisions within the Bill to strike down legislation judged incompatible with the UNCRC as well the duty to provide a statement of compatibility with the UNCRC for any new legislation introduced. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 20 Oct 2020 | We welcome the inclusion of the Children’s Rights Scheme within the Bill and support the provisions for accessibility, participation and frequency of follow up reports. We call for the provisions listed in section 11(3), the duty to prepare the scheme, to be made a statutory requirement. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 20 Oct 2020 | We welcome the duty placed on “listed authorities” to report every three years on the steps taken to ensure compliance with the UNCRC requirements. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Response to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s call for views on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021.
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 1 Aug 2020 | In order to engage individuals and industries in a green recovery, action is required to raise awareness of the principles in a way that makes change feel accessible. The focus of a green recovery should be on the importance of long-term behaviour change, rather than a short-term approach in response to the pandemic. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | Response to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform’s Green Recovery: Call for Views
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021.
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 1 Aug 2020 | The inclusion of young people cannot be tokenistic or limited to contributions to small change. They should be included in the more radical measures being taken, and their voices should be heard on this at every level. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | Response to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform’s Green Recovery: Call for Views
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 1 Aug 2020 | A whole-system approach should be taken, to ensure everyone is able to participate and contribute to a green recovery. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | Response to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform’s Green Recovery: Call for Views
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 1 Aug 2020 | It is essential that young people are actively consulted, engaged, and involved in any actions taken to deliver a green recovery. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | Response to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform’s Green Recovery: Call for Views
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 1 Aug 2020 | Throughout the pandemic, it has become clear that the impact of lockdown, and related decisions, have had a greater impact on young people who were most at risk, including those living in, and at risk of, poverty. It is essential that any actions to implement a green recovery will not have a further detrimental impact on the lives of these young people. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | Response to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform’s Green Recovery: Call for Views
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 1 Aug 2020 | Support should be available to enable the hospitality, retail, and tourism sectors to reopen in a more sustainable and environmentally friendly way, and to ensure that everyone working in these sectors is able to work safely and with a guaranteed minimum income. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | Response to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform’s Green Recovery: Call for Views
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 1 Aug 2020 | We believe reusable face coverings should be more affordable and more readily available in shops. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | Response to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform’s Green Recovery: Call for Views
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 1 Aug 2020 | There should be stronger messaging around the harmful impacts of single-use face coverings on the environment, and more positive messaging around the safety and benefits of using reusable alternatives. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | Response to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform’s Green Recovery: Call for Views
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 1 Aug 2020 | There should be clearer guidance for retailers on the safety of using reusable packaging, in an attempt to rebuild customer and retailer confidence to avoid using single-use packaging where possible. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | Response to the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform’s Green Recovery: Call for Views
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on decision makers to apply all available resources to ensure that the attainment gap does not widen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 99% | Committee Motion by Education and Skills Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all key workers and young people in caring roles should have access to suitable personal protective equipment (PPE) that is up to the required standard for their role as well as adequate mental health support. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 100% | Committee Motion by the Health and Wellbeing Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the UK Government to participate in the international effort of sourcing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on an industrial scale, in partnership with international organisations, such as the WHO and G20. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations | 81% | Committee Motion by the External Affairs, UK, and International Relations
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament notes the increasing role of food banks in delivering food and medicine those who are most vulnerable during the current Covid-19 pandemic, and believes that relevant decision makers should provide more support to these organisations. | Statement | Social Security | 97% | Committee Motion by the Social Security Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament welcomes the additional funding for domestic abuse services to help protect young people and their families from all types of domestic abuse during the COVID-19 crisis, and calls for this to continue in addition to preventative measures, an increase in housing for victims, awareness raising campaigns and ensuring there is a sufficient criminal justice response. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 96% | Committee Motion by the Equalities and Human Rights Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament acknowledge that the lack of universal access to strong and reliable broadband during is exacerbating existing social inequalities challenges during the COVID-19 crisis, and calls on the Scottish Government to take steps to combat this. | Statement | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 90% | Committee Motion by the Transport, Environment, and Rural Affairs Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that everyone should have equal access to health and social care throughout the COVID-19 crisis and should not be discriminated against due to a pre-existing health condition or disability. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 99% | Committee Motion by the Equalities and Human Rights Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the mental health problems facing the rural youth communities, including young farmers, have been heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic and calls on decision makers to provide additional support to tackle this. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 88% | Committee Motion by the Transport, Environment, and Rural Affairs Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the UK Government to ensure its continuous COVID-19 repatriation programme meets the needs of all UK citizens' affected, and asks for children and young people to be reunited with their families as a matter of urgency. | Statement | UK, Europe and External Relations | 93% | Committee Motion by the External Affairs, UK, and International Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that young people’s physical and mental wellbeing during COVID-19 crisis should be a priority and encourage young people to utilise online platforms and resources to socialise and keeping physically active. | Statement | Sport and Leisure | 90% | Committee Motion by the Sports and Leisure Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament urges all businesses to utilise the UK Government’s furlough scheme and to top-up their employees pay to ensure workers receive their expected take home income. | Statement | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 81% | Committee Motion by the Jobs, Economy and Fair Work Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that adequate support must be provided to young people making the transition from school to university, college, employment and other positive destinations to mitigate against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 99% | Committee Motion by the Education and Lifelong Learning
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to provide the same level of support to small businesses as the rest of the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic, by reducing the rateable value threshold for the retail, hospitality and leisure grant from £18,000 to £15,000. | Statement | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 84% | Committee Motion by the Jobs, Economy and Fair Work Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the Scottish Government, local authorities and NHS should ensure mental health support is a priority during COVID-19 pandemic and the following recovering period. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Committee Motion by Health and Wellbeing Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls for the Scottish Government to ensure all further and higher education students have reliable access to food during the COVID-19 crisis by introducing additional financial support to students from lower-income households. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Social Security | 97% | Committee Motion by the Social Security Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament is concerned about the wellbeing of young offenders imprisoned during Covid-19, and therefore calls on Scottish Government and Scottish Prison System to ensure offenders can sufficiently social distance and have equal access to healthcare. | Statement | Justice | 84% | Joint Committee Motion by the Justice and Equalities and Human Rights Committees
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament notes, with concern, the recent reports that Barlinnie Prison is in breach of UN human rights, and therefore calls on the Scottish Prison Service and Scottish Government to ensure that prisoners’ rights are at the forefront of their decisions related to prisons during the COVID-19 crisis and recovery period. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Justice | 84% | Committee Motion by the Justice Committee
| | 10 Jul 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament recognises the negative impact current media representation of COVID-19 is having on many young people’s mental health and therefore calls on news and media outlets to ensure they provide accurate reports that portray a balanced view of the crisis. | Statement | Culture and Media | 84% | Committee Motion by the Education and Skills Committee
| | 30 Mar 2020 | More effort should be made to increase young people’s awareness of the ‘circular economy’ and the circular economy debate. It is important that young people are educated on environmental issues affecting them so they can make informed decisions in their daily lives. | Recommendation | - | - | SYP’s #WhatsYourTake report: Circular Economy – ‘Disposing of a Disposable Society’
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Conveners Group on Jan 2023
| | 30 Mar 2020 | Funding should be available to support the development of sustainable fashion and technology to make this an accessible and viable option, and to enable young people to shop in a more sustainable way. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | SYP’s #WhatsYourTake report: Circular Economy – ‘Disposing of a Disposable Society’
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021.
Renewed by Conveners Group on Jan 2023
| | 30 Mar 2020 | Work experience and placements should be made available to young people from minority ethnic backgrounds. | Recommendation | UK, Europe and External Relations; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | - | SYP’s #WhatsYourTake report: Race and employment in Scotland – ‘Equally Employed’
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Conveners Group on Jan 2023.
| | 30 Mar 2020 | Young people should be involved in discussions about citizenship education, as it will have a direct impact on their learning experience and education. | Recommendation | Education and Lifelong Learning | - | SYP’s #WhatsYourTake report: Political literacy and citizenship in schools
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021.
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 30 Mar 2020 | Interview skill development opportunities, apprenticeships, and peer support / network groups should be made available to young people from minority ethnic backgrounds. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | - | SYP’s #WhatsYourTake report: Race and employment in Scotland – ‘Equally Employed’
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 30 Mar 2020 | Steps should be taken to support suppliers and consumers to reduce and recycle food waste. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | SYP’s #WhatsYourTake report: Just Transition – ‘Feeding Scotland Sustainably
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 30 Mar 2020 | Sustainable and locally sourced produce should be subsidised to bring the cost in line with less environmentally-friendly products, to make it more affordable for everyone, and to enable people to buy local and seasonal produce. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | SYP’s #WhatsYourTake report: Just Transition – ‘Feeding Scotland Sustainably
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021.
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 30 Mar 2020 | Support should be provided for farmers through subsidies to ensure farming methods are sustainable, and to enable diversification to more environmentally sustainable farming methods or products. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | SYP’s #WhatsYourTake report: Just Transition – ‘Feeding Scotland Sustainably
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021.
Renewed by Convenors Group Jan 2023.
| | 21 Mar 2020 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that education for young people on revenge porn and sexting, and support services for those affected by these issues, should be improved. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Justice | 91% | Members’ Motion by Liam Armstrong MSYP and Beccie White MSYP
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 21 Mar 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to eradicate poverty induced hunger and ensure that all of Scotland’s young people have reliable access to the food they need.’ | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Social Security | 99% | Members’ Motion by Elena Margiotti, MSYP and Clare McVey, MSYP
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 21 Mar 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament acknowledges that loneliness in young people is a serious issue which can negatively impact mental health, and calls on the Scottish Government to tackle this by urgently implementing the actions outlined in their Social Isolation and Loneliness Strategy.’ | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 94% | Members’ Motion by Robbie Burgess, MSYP
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 21 Mar 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that every school in Scotland should have a pupil council, which is democratically elected, youth-led and adequately supported by school management.’ | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 86% | Members’ Motion by Jonathan Dorrat, MSYP
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 21 Mar 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that local and national governments should invest more in infrastructure and opportunities for young people in rural communities, to help tackle rural isolation and improve mental health outcomes.’ | Statement | Health and Wellbeing; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 91% | Members’ Motion by Sarah Quinn, MSYP
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 21 Mar 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament is concerned by the lack of post-diagnosis support for individuals on the Autism Spectrum and calls for better support for individuals, their families and the wider community to understand their diagnosis.’ | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Social Security | 92% | Members’ Motion by Lauren Asher, MSYP
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 21 Mar 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that every school pupil in Scotland should have access to a form of Work-Based Learning.’ | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 97 | Committee Motion by the Education and Lifelong Learning Committee
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 21 Mar 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament supports Safe Passage UK’s ‘Our Turn' campaign which calls on the UK Government to meet its target of resettling 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees over the next 10 years.’ | Statement | UK, Europe and External Relations | 94% | Committee Motion by The External Affairs, UK and International Relations Committee
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 21 Mar 2020 | ‘The Scottish Youth Parliament notes, with concern, the level of food bank stigma found across Scotland and calls for better education on this subject including information on how young people can contribute to food banks and community food initiatives in their local area.’ | Statement | Social Security | 94% | Committee Motion by The Social Security Committee
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 30 Nov 2019 | Local Authorities should increase the number of secure bins in public places, to reduce litter. | Recommendation | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | - | Recommendation from SYP’s Pack it up, Pack it in report
Extended by Conveners Group on 22nd November 2020
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that there is a need for suicide awareness training in Scottish high schools. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 99% | Members’ Motion by Hayley Paku MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that there is a global Climate Emergency and calls on local and national decision-makers to prove that they urgently giving priority to tackling climate change. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations; Health and Wellbeing | 94% | Members’ Motion by Aaran McDonald MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament recognises the negative impact single-plastics are having upon the environment, and calls on the Scottish Government, local authorities and businesses to take more action to reduce plastic consumption. | Statement | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 91% | Members’ Motion by Abbie Wright and Sophie Reid, MSYPs
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 27 Oct 2019 | 'The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that every school in Scotland should have a 'safe space' - a dedicated quiet room to be used at any time during the school day by any pupil who is feeling down, anxious or distressed. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 89% | Members’ Motion by C-Jay Quigley and Emily Harle, MSYPs
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all schools should have an appropriate recycling system in place which ensures all single-use plastic is recycled, and a ban on single-use plastic bottles, to reduce the harmful effect on the environment. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 79% | Members’ Motion by Elena Margiotti, Noah Miles, and Rebecca Kerr, MSYPs
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to recognise and ensure support for the mental health of young carers through providing a toolkit or online resource for young carers in Scotland. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Members’ Motion by Ilse Cuthbertson and Aaran McDonald, MSYPs
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that action is necessary to prevent sexual harassment from occurring on public transport, and calls on decision-makers and service providers to review their policies. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Justice; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 96% | Members’ Motion by Sophie Reid MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament supports the "Housing First" policy, which guarantees shelter for anyone in need, including those with complex needs, such as addictions. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 96% | Members’ Motion by Josh Kennedy MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament is concerned that people with invisible disabilities are not receiving disability benefit, and calls upon decision-makers to make such benefits more accessible to this group. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Social Security | 90% | Members’ Motion by Ryan Kelly MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that businesses and public services should treat their younger customers and service users as equals to their older ones, and should avoid using prejudiced practices such as segregated queues and bag searches for young people only. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 88% | Members’ Motion by Jack Bell MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on the Scottish Government and local authorities to review the food provided in school meals at lunchtime to ensure they meet the school food and drink regulations and are tasty and affordable for Scotland’s young people. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 90% | Members’ Motion by Bailey-Lee Robb and Ellie Craig, MSYPs
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament recognises that there is an increased risk of poor mental health among LGBT young people, and therefore calls for more support to be made available by the private and public sector to ensure that all LGBT young people in Scotland are supported. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 91% | Members’ Motion by Owen William Russell Brand MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 27 Oct 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that there should be more publicly available gender-neutral toilet facilities, which are fully accessible to everyone regardless of identity or circumstance, across Scotland’s communities. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 70% | Members’ Motion by Martin Carle MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 30 Jul 2019 | The direct incorporation model for incorporating the UNCRC into Scots law will put young people’s rights on the strongest footing possible. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Recommendation from SYP’s response to the Scottish Government’s ‘Children’s Rights: Consultation on Incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into our domestic law in Scotland’
| | 30 Jul 2019 | The Bill should make UNCRC rights legally binding on all public authorities, should ensure they do not violate the UNCRC and take steps to prevent any violations. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Recommendation from SYP’s response to the Scottish Government’s ‘Children’s Rights: Consultation on Incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into our domestic law in Scotland’
| | 30 Jul 2019 | Public authorities should protect UNCRC rights with an ‘act compatibly’ requirement and a ‘due regard’ duty - public authorities should action UNCRC rights and prove that they have thought about them. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Recommendation from SYP’s response to the Scottish Government’s ‘Children’s Rights: Consultation on Incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into our domestic law in Scotland’
| | 30 Jul 2019 | The UNCRC must be incorporated into Scots law within this current parliamentary term, by 2021. | Recommendation | Equalities and Human Rights | - | Recommendation from SYP’s response to the Scottish Government’s ‘Children’s Rights: Consultation on Incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into our domestic law in Scotland’
| | 17 Mar 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the two child benefit cap, or ‘rape clause’, should be repealed. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Social Security | 80% | Members’ Motion by Caitie Dundas MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 17 Mar 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that educational institutions and youth organisations should actively encourage young people to become organ and blood donors, through education on the subject and holding blood drives where feasible. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 84% | Members’ Motion by Emily Harle MSYP
| | 17 Mar 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament calls on Transport Scotland to put in place adequate and effective contingency plans for when road and rail closures are in place to minimise disruption as much as possible. | Statement | Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 85% | Members’ Motion by Neal McCulloch MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 17 Mar 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament condemns anti-Catholic bigotry and anti-Irish racism in all its forms, and calls on the Scottish Government to reform hate crime legislation, invest more money and take greater action in tackling anti-Catholic bigotry and anti-Irish racism. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 64% | Members’ Motion by Chris Costello MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 17 Mar 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that students should not be unfairly disadvantaged in their studies due to illness or injury, and therefore calls on teachers to ensure that pupils who are absent from school due to health-related issues are provided with detailed coursework notes and support from the appropriate teachers/tutors. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 91% | Joint Committee Motion by the Health and Wellbeing and Education and Lifelong Learning Committees
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 17 Mar 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all young people should have equal access and awareness of cultural opportunities within their area through appropriate advertising by local authorities and others. | Statement | Culture and Media | 84% | Committee Motion by the Culture and Media Committee
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 17 Mar 2019 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes and calls on the Scottish Government and local authorities to ensure participation in sport must be maintained, and that barriers facing young people in our most socially deprived areas have to be minimised. | Statement | Sport and Leisure | 82% | Committee Motion by the Sport and Leisure Committee
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that aspects of personal finance (such as budgeting, banking, interest rates and loans) should be a mandatory part of the curriculum before the end of S4. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 96% | Members’ Motion by Neal McCulloch MSYP and Georgia Pritchard MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that, as well as the right to life, everyone should have the right to die, and as a result calls on the Scottish Government to legalise assisted suicide for those with terminal and life-limiting illnesses to relieve patients of terminal suffering and pain. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 67% | Members’ Motion by Neal McCulloch MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament is concerned that SQA’s recently reformed Results Services (both Exceptional Circumstances and Post-Results Services) do not allow for total consideration of a candidate’s individual circumstances, their previous course work (including prelim grade), or mental wellbeing at the time of the exam. SYP therefore calls on the SQA and the Scottish Government to review the current system to make the process fairer and more accessible. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 88% | Members’ Motion by Emily Harle MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that Scotland should implement legislation that would grant people who have experienced domestic abuse a period of paid leave from their employment, allowing them to build a safer, more stable living environment and protect themselves and any children without having to worry about income or work. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 92% | Members’ Morion by Huw Sherrard MSYP and Robbie Burgess MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the Carer’s Allowance should be extended to young adult carers aged 16-25 who are in full-time education. | Statement | Social Security | 87% | Members’ Motion by Lauren Baigrie MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the government must do better to ensure that care experienced young people can access sustainable, affordable housing. This would be a means of combating poor outcomes and homelessness among some of Scotland’s most vulnerable young people once leaving the care system. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 94% | Members’ Motion by Ryan McShane MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that Councils and schools across Scotland should endeavour to ensure that children and young people’s placing requests for primary or secondary school are successfully granted if any of their siblings also attend that school, with refusals being a measure of last resort. The Scottish Youth Parliament further calls on Councils to carry out reviews of their ‘catchment areas’ to ensure that as few young people as possible are refused admission to a closer school, given the cost and travel implications. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 79% | Members’ Motion by Jason Black MSYP and Amy Lee Fraioli MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament supports and recognises the hard work of the ‘No Knives, Better Lives’ campaign which uses peer education to inform young people of the consequences of knife crime. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 86% | Ryan Kelly MSYP for Coatbridge and Chryston and Callum Speirs MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that it is vital that the interests of Scotland’s young people are fairly represented by our members at all international youth forums, and that all nations of the United Kingdom should be included in respective single delegations with full voting rights to any such forum | Statement | UK, Europe and External Relations | 87% | Jamie Murray MSYP and Keiran O’Neill MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all public toilets should be free of charge, and therefore encourages all relevant authorities to ensure that no charges are made for their use. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 63% | Members’ Motion by Reece Harding MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all young people should leave secondary school having received education on the Trade Union Movement, workers’ rights and their influence. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 83% | Members’ Motion by Aaran McDonald MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that no one should be denied access to lease a property by a private landlord on the basis they receive housing benefit; and urges the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament to consider what action can be taken to tackle this discriminatory approach in order to protect the right to property. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Social Security | 69% | Members’ Motion by Jason Black MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 22 Oct 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all pupils should leave secondary school with an understanding of bereavement, and how to cope during the difficult time of losing a loved one, and that all teachers should receive teacher training in order to help them support pupils dealing with bereavement. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 87% | Members’ Motion by Catherine Mackie MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 9 Jun 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all young people should be able to benefit from the highest quality of education regardless of their ability to pay for it, and calls for the provision of private education at all levels in Scotland to be abolished. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning | 60% | Members’ Motion by Keiran O’Neill MSYP
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 9 Jun 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that Islamophobia is a serious issue for young people, which negatively impacts on young Muslims and their families. SYP therefore calls on the Scottish Government to take action by supporting the work of grassroots organisations such as FOSIS in tackling religious bigotry and hatred. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 81% | Members’ Motion by Fatima Bari MSYP
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 9 Jun 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that Community Councils should be empowered and funded with adequate resources to a base level to ensure that they can properly fulfil their roles as the first tier of local government in Scotland; and urges local and central government to work together to ensure that Community Councils can operate more effectively. | Statement | UK, Europe and External Relations | 57% | Members’ Motion by Aaran McDonald MSYP
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 9 Jun 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament is deeply concerned at reports that 36 out of 53 Commonwealth countries have legislation and policies which are discriminatory against LGBTQI+ people; and therefore supports the work of The Commonwealth Equality Network towards achieving greater progress on LGBTQI+ rights in these countries. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations | 89% | Members’ Motion by Sarah Quinn MSYP
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 9 Jun 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that all local authorities should have in place a formal structure to consult young people on decisions that will affect them, which includes a youth representative on key committees such as Education and Planning. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 93% | Members’ Motion by Calum McArthur MSYP and Jack Norquoy MSYP
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Conveners Group on 4th Dec 2022
| | 9 Jun 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that there should be a greater awareness of the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs); and that national and local government, and the NHS, should seek to raise awareness, and invest in initiatives using a human rights based approach which promote safe, stable and nurturing relationships and environments which can have a positive impact on a broad range of problems and on the development of skills that will help children and young people reach their full potential. | Statement | - | 91% | Members’ Motion by Bailey-Lee Robb MSYP
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Coveneners Group on 4th Dec 2022
| | 14 Apr 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that young people should be taught about, and empowered to stand up for, their human rights through Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) or its equivalent in the curriculum. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights | 92% | Joint Committee Motion by the Education and Lifelong Learning (ELL) Committee & the Equality and Human Rights (EQU) Committee
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 14 Apr 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that high quality, robust training on how to identify and support young people experiencing mental health difficulties should be a mandatory component of teacher training. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Health and Wellbeing | 87% | Committee Motion by the Health and Wellbeing Committee
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 14 Apr 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that it should be mandatory for local or central government to subsidise the cost of UCAS applications for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Social Security | - | Joint Members’ Motion by Sarah Quinn MSYP and Chris Costello MSYP.
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 14 Apr 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the increased centralisation of our healthcare system is resulting in the closure of some local wards and hospitals, and that this could have a negative impact on young people and other hospital users. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work | 98% | Members’ Motion by Josh Kennedy MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 14 Apr 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that teachers should receive specific training on how to tackle homophobic, biphobic, and transphobic bullying in schools. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights | 82% | Members’ Motion by Sarah Quinn MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 14 Apr 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that there should be a greater awareness that children and young people growing up in Scotland’s care system are at a greater risk of poor mental health outcomes than the wider population. The Scottish Government and NHS Scotland should work with relevant organisations to ensure that the needs of these young people are being met with accessible, sustainable and high quality mental health services. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Social Security | 99% | Joint Members’ Motion by Helen Johnston MSYP and Ryan McShane MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 14 Apr 2018 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that Religious Education and school assemblies in non-denominational secondary schools should include material from a variety of different belief systems in order to help promote and teach pupils about these and their cultural traditions. | Statement | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights | 89% | Members’ Motion by Lucy Penman MSYP
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 26 Mar 2017 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the UK Government’s anti-radicalisation strategy, “Prevent”, is counter-productive and discriminates against the Muslim community; and calls on the UK Government to hold a thorough review of the strategy to ensure it meets international human rights standards, in particular the principle of non-discrimination. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights | 61% | Committee Motion by the Equalities Committee
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 16 Oct 2016 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the Scottish and UK Governments should consider introducing the regulated sale of cannabis, alongside developing guidance on its safe use. | Statement | Health and Wellbeing | 66% | Members’ Motion by Kai Green MSYP and Amy Lee Friaoli MSYP
Renewed by Conveners Group on 28th August 2021
Renewed by Convenors Group: 29th April 2023
| | 13 Mar 2016 | The Scottish Youth Parliament believes that the current process of applying for asylum in the UK does not sufficiently uphold the rights of asylum applicants; more effort should be made to ensure that the asylum seeking process upholds and protects human rights in line with international obligations. | Statement | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations; Justice | 92% | Committee Motion by the Justice Subject Committee
Extended by Conveners Group 20 January 2019
Renewed Dec 2022
| | 12 Mar 2016 | All pupils should have access to up-to-date and effective PSHE (Personal, Social, and Health Education) from a primary age, which addresses lifestyle, health, relationships, equality, social justice, and citizenship. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing; Social Security | 79% | Lead the Way commitment
- Renewed February 2021
- Renewed December 2022
| | 12 Mar 2016 | There should be vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free options in the cafeterias of educational institutions. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Health and Wellbeing | 79% | Lead the Way commitment
- Policy renewed – February 2021
- Renewed December 2022
| | 12 Mar 2016 | Students should be supported to ensure that financial considerations should not limit their ability to pursue or participate in further or higher education. | Manifesto | Education and Lifelong Learning; Social Security | 81% | Lead the Way commitment
- Renewed February 2021
- Renewed 4th Dec 2022
| | 12 Mar 2016 | The voting age should be lowered to 16 for all elections and referendums in Scotland, the UK, and Europe. | Manifesto | Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations | 70% | Lead the Way commitment
Renewed February 2021
Renewed December 2022
| | 12 Mar 2016 | The government and political parties should actively encourage young people, women, and minority groups to participate in politics and stand as candidates. | Manifesto | Equalities and Human Rights | 71% | Lead the Way commitment
- Renewed February 2021
- Renewed December 2022
| | 12 Mar 2016 | There should be support and funding for the arts, museums, heritage sites, cultural events, and the promotion and protection of the Gaelic language and all Scottish dialects. | Manifesto | Culture and Media; Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 65% | Lead the Way commitment
- Policy renewed – February 2021
- Renewed December 2022
| | 12 Mar 2016 | The national minimum wage should be raised to the Living Wage for everyone, regardless of age. | Manifesto | Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Social Security | 79% | Lead the Way commitment
- Policy renewed – February 2021
- Renewed December 2022
| | 12 Mar 2016 | Human rights and civil liberties should be strongly protected by law. | Manifesto | Equalities and Human Rights; Justice; Social Security | 82% | Lead the Way commitment
- Renewed February 2021
- Renewed December 2022
| | 12 Mar 2016 | The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) should be fully incorporated into Scots Law, and the rights of children and young people should be protected and promoted. | Manifesto | Culture and Media; Education and Lifelong Learning; Equalities and Human Rights; UK, Europe and External Relations; Health and Wellbeing; Jobs, Economy and Fair Work; Justice; Social Security; Sport and Leisure; Transport, Environment and Rural Affairs | 76% | Lead the Way commitment
- Renewed February 2021
- Renewed December 2022
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